U-ness (uncountable)

1. (dated, uncommon) Thestate orquality of beingU(characteristic of the upper classes, particularly in the use of language).

   Antonym:non-U-ness

   • 1996,Philip Pettit,The Common Mind: An Essay on Psychology, Society, and Politics‎^[1],Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page207:

     But I do not think that this marks any contrast between the concepts of redness andU-ness. Even with the biconditional linkingU-ness with Sloanes, it is possible to offer a contingent reading that expands the possibilities of error. It is possible to understand the biconditional so that what matters forU-ness at any world is what the Sloane Square set says in the actual world, not what it says at the world in question.

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